Three experiments were conducted at the experimental farm of the Agricultural Science Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Ressacada, Florianópolis, SC. Brazil. Twenty nine lines of mungbean from the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Taiwan, Republic of China were evaluated about their agronomic characters (first flower formation, first legume mature, plant height), thousand seeds weight and yield. The experimental design was randomized complete blocks with four replications, in plots consisting of four rows spaced 0.5m of each other, with 20 seeds m-1. The initial flowering of mungbean lines occurred from 33 to 49 days after seeding, while the first legume mature appeared from 70 to 78 days after seeding. The plant height varied from 22.5 to 63.8cm and the thousand seeds weight from 33.0 to 76.4g. The more productive lines were VC 3890B, VC 1973C and VC 2764B with their yields higher than 1140kg ha-1. These lines showed their moderate value in plant height and weight of thousand seeds and not very early in maturing. In the first and second experiment, the only one harvest was made from 80 to 85 days after seeding. In the third experiment, the harvest was made two times, 78% of total grain production was obtained in the first harvesting and tne rest of 22% was obtained 15 days after the first harvesting.
agronomic characters; thousand seeds weight; yield
